Marcus BornfreundProject Lead, Creative Commons Canada

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Moral Rights

Moral Rights

1. Right to be associated with your work by name (“attribution right”)

2. Right to safeguard the integrity of the work (“integrity right”)

Right to integrity of work

1. The work cannot be so modified as to constitute a mutilation or distortion that would harm the honour or reputation of the creator.

2. Protects creators from having their works associated with products, services, causes or institutions that would harm their honour or reputation.

Moral rights exist apart from

economic rights

A “special” connection between the creator and their work

Unlike economic rights, moral rights cannot be assigned but can be waived in whole or in part

Why Waive?1. Your intent, in using a cc-ca licence, is to get as much exposure of your work as possible.2. You wish the commons to have the widest possible use of your work.3. You feel that giving the greatest possible freedom to downstream creators is more important than protecting against modifications that offend may offend your aesthetic.

Why Retain?1. You don’t want your works associated with particular products, services, causes or institutions and wish to restrict downstream creators’ rights in order to achieve this.2. You don’t want your work modified in such a way as to offend your aesthetic.

If you retain your integrity right, potential users might avoid using your work because they do not want to accidentally offend your integrity right and face a lawsuit. In other words, potential users might fear being taken to court for reasons that they cannot predict or control – this discourages creativity.

The importance of moral rights

to Creative Commons International

Domestic copyright differences

Licence or License?

Synchronization

Attribution

ShareAlike

NoDerivatives

NonCommercial

Attribution

Integrity

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Licence Element Proposal

INTEGRITY (IN)

Integrity icon

Commons Deed explanation

* You may not modify this work in a way that would damage the honour or reputation of the original author/creator.

* You may not associate this work with products, services, causes or institutions that would damage the honour or reputation of the

original author/creator.

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

- Mahatma Gandhi

get creative !!

marcus@creativecommons.ca